1、Unit 1 Nothing ventured，nothing gained,At 50 I was the first woman to travel alone to the North Pole.But what should I do to celebrate my 60th birthday？What else，but a journey at the opposite end of the world，Antarctica？I began my almost 400mile journey on November lst，1997. I walked and skied alone
2、.,The first day the weather was very good.The wind was icy but not very strong and there was bright sunshine 24 hours a day.But changes were just around the corner.On the third day I was struggling through stormy weather and during the next week the wind grew stronger and I found myself spending a w
3、hole day in my tent.,On November 12th the storm died down.It was my birthday and I wanted to make that day special.I thawed(解冻)a frozen cake over my fire，placed a candle in the top，lit it and sang“happy birthday to me”at the top of my voice. I was in good health and all of my equipment was working w
4、ell.I was so happy that I decided that the next day，the 22nd day of the expedition，I would increase my workday to 12 hours.,The next morning I had a bad accident with the sled and hurt my leg.I couldnt stand on my left leg and my head waswoozy(晕)from hitting the ground.But I knew that I had to get u
5、p.Lying on the ice，I would soon die.I struggled to my knees knowing that somehow I had to put my tent up for shelter.On hands and knees I got the tent up and dragged my sleeping bag into the tent and lay down out of the cold wind.,I had to make a decision.Wait to get better or give up？I had to think
6、 of my family，which is very important to me，and do the right thing.I did so without regret.I had met the challenge of solo(独自的)travel in an extreme climate.It is an experience I shall never forget and shall value for the rest of my life.,阅读短文，判断正(T)误(F) ( )1.Antarctica is another name for the South
7、Pole. ( )2.The author (Helen Thayer)was born on November lst，1937. ( )3.Helens workdays were usually less than 12 hours. ( )4.On the 22nd day of the expedition，the sled knocked Helen over and hurt her leg. ( )5.Helen Thayer had come across the challenge of travel by herself in an extreme climate. 答案
8、 1.T 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.T,Unit 1 Nothing ventured，nothing gained Period 1 Warming Up，Prereading&Reading 课件（人教版选修10，课标通用）,.单词识记 1_/vent/n.&vi.(有风险的)商业，企业；冒险；敢于去 2_/Indjrns/n.忍耐；持久；耐(性)_v. 3_/nberbl/adj.无法忍受的；承受不住的_v忍受；承受 4_/brelIs/adj.喘不过气来的_n呼吸，气息_v呼吸；吸气,5_/blkn/vt.使变黑 6_/hs/adj.嘶哑的 7steward/stjd/n._ 8ur
9、gent/dnt/adj._n紧迫_adv. 9persevere/ /vt._ _ n坚持不懈 10morale/m rl/n._,答案 1.venture 2.endurance；endure 3.unbearable；bear 4breathless；breath；breathe 5.blacken 6.hoarse 7.(轮船、飞机等)乘务员；膳务员 8.急迫的，紧急的；urgency；urgently 9.坚持；perseverance 10.士气；精神状态,.短语天地 1at a venture_ 2be forced to do sth_ 3remind sb of sth_ 4
10、feel ones way_ 5发誓戒除_ 6信仰(信任)某人_ 7毫不拖延_ 8泄漏；赠送_,答案 1.随便地；碰运气地 2.被迫做某事 3.提醒某人某事 4.(在黑暗中)摸索着走 5.swear off 6.have faith in sb/sth 7.without delay 8.give away,.句型搜索 1I try to_ _(想起)happier things：warm and dry clothes，a cosy bedroom，sunny days，my mothers face and the celebration we will get when we retur
11、n，_(因为)I am _ _(中的一员)a failed expedition _ tried to cross the continent of Antarctica，something _ had never been done before.,2Our circumstances are so desperate that _ _ _ _ (不确定是否)we will ever return alive. 3So _ _ _ _ _(怀着无比激动的心情)one morning in July 1914 that I read this advertisement 答案 1.think
12、of；for；part of；that；that 2it is uncertain whether 3it was with great excitement,.预读理解 1What did the writer imply by saying “Everything is grey”？AThe light was so poor.BThe weather was very changeable.CThe writer liked grey color.DThe writer was in a bad mood.,2The reason why the writer didnt apply f
13、or the expedition in an usual way was probably that _Ahe wanted to give Ernest Shackleton a surpriseBhe wanted to avoid being found out by his familyChe was afraid to be refused because he was an amateurDhe was more adventurous than common people,3From this text we can infer that _ASir Ernest Shackl
14、eton was an experienced explorerBall the members of the expedition were easygoingCthe expedition team went to Antarctica for scientific researchDthe expedition team managed to reach their destination in spite of the difficulties 4Which of the following played the most important part in encouraging t
15、he members and saving their lives?AAdventure spirit. BTeam spirit.CHard work. DOptimism.,5The topic of the text “A Successful Failure” means that _Athe expedition to Antarctica taught them a lessonBit was a great honor to join an expedition with Sir Ernest ShackletonCall of the members took pride in
16、 their adventure spiritDthe expedition failed，but the members were perseverant，optimistic and cooperative enough to stay alive. 答案 1.D 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.D,1venture vt.冒的危险；拿冒险；敢于做(某事)；以作赌注 vi.冒险；投机 n(有风险的)商业、企业Dont venture too near the edge of the well；you might fall in.别冒险太靠近水井，那样你会掉进去的。He ventured lar
17、ge sums of money on speculative funds.他将大笔的钱拿去做了基金投机。,Dont venture into the jungle without a guide. 没有向导，不要冒险进入丛林中。 They were the astronauts on the first venture to the moon. 他们是首次登月球探险的宇航员。 He failed in his ventures. 他投机失败了。 All our hopes rested upon this venture. 我们所有的希望都寄托在这次冒险上了。,【归纳拓展】 venture
18、to do sth大胆进行，大胆表示 venture into/beyond/out of冒险进入/走出 venture aton，upon胆敢从事；毫无把握地贸然尝试 Nothing venture，nothing have.谚不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 ready for any venture不辞任何危险 at a venture随便地；碰运气地；胡乱地 venturer n冒险者，冒险的人,【完成句子】 He _ his life to save a little girl from drowning.他冒生命危险救起了一个小女孩，使她免于淹死。 He chose a book _ from
19、 the shelves.他从书架上随便挑了一本书。 答案 ventured at a venture,2endurance n忍耐；持久；耐性；忍耐力 This event tests both physical and mental endurance. 该比赛项目既是对体力也是对心理承受力的考验。 He showed remarkable endurance throughout his illness. 他生病的整个阶段都表现出非凡的忍耐力。 Longdistance runners need great endurance. 长跑运动员需要很大的耐力。,【归纳拓展】 beyond e
20、ndurance忍无可忍 an endurance test耐久试验 endurable adj.可忍耐的；可容忍的 endure vt.&vi.忍受；持久 enduring adj.持续的；持久的 cant/couldnt endure to do/doing sth不能忍受做某事,【完成句子】 他这样对待她是无法忍受的。His treatment of her was _ 看着儿童受苦，我可受不了。I cant _ children suffer. 答案 beyond endurance endure seeing,3unbearable adj.无法忍受的；承受不住的 The coldn
21、ess was becoming unbearable. 寒冷开始变得难以忍受。 【归纳拓展】 bearable(反义词) adj.可忍受的；承受的住的 unbearably adv.无法忍受地，承受不住地 bear n熊；粗鲁的人，笨拙的人 vt.&vi.负担；忍受；佩带；经得起；生育,【温馨提示】 bear过去分词是borne或born，born只用在were/was born短语中。 I was born in Beijing in May. 我五月出生在北京。,【完成句子】 She is nice but her husband is _ that nobody likes him.她
22、很好，可是她丈夫非常粗鲁，没有人喜欢他。 The sound of music was _ on the wind.音乐声随风飘扬。 She _ her husband 5 children.她给丈夫生了5个孩子。 答案 such a bear borne bore (has borne),4swear vt.宣誓，发誓(swore，sworn)I swear I wont tell anyone your secret.我发誓不把你的秘密告诉任何人。He swore to speak the truth.他发誓要讲实话。,【英汉互译】 证人起誓保证讲真话。_ Are you willing
23、to stand up in court and swear that you dont recognize him?_ 答案 The witness swore to tell the truth. 你愿出庭起誓说你不认识他吗？,5advocate vt.提倡，主张；拥护 n提倡者；支持者；辩护律师There is no point advocating improving public transport unless we can pay for it.提倡改善公共交通毫无意义，除非我们能支付得起改善的费用。He is a tireless advocate of political r
24、eform.他是一个坚持不懈的政治改革拥护者。an advocate of equal pay for men and women提倡男女同酬者,【完成句子】 _(那个报导主张)that people should go to work by transport instead of driving by themselves. The Chinese people are _(和平的拥护者) He _(主张改良)the prison system. 答案 The report advocates advocates of peace advocates reforming,1block ou
25、t 封闭；遮住，挡住(光线、声音)；忘掉，抹去(不愉快的事)All roads were blocked up by the heavy snow.所有的道路都被大雪封闭了。An ugly building blocked out the view from the window.一座难看的大楼把窗外的景物遮住了。He has always managed to block out the incident.他总能设法让自己不去回想那次事故。,【归纳拓展】 block sth off(用路障)封锁，堵住 block sth in画出(某物)的草图 block sth up堵塞；阻碍 block
26、 n块；街区；障碍物；大厦 vt.阻塞；阻止；限制 Snowdrifts blocked our progress. 雪堆挡住了我们的前进。 The goalkeeper blocked a shot. 守门员阻截了一次射门。 We live on the same block. 我们住在同一个街区。,【完成句子】 A piece of rock has fallen and _ (把小路挡住了) Police _ (封锁了那条路)after the explosion. 答案 blocked up the path blocked off the street,2hold on (1)继续；
27、坚持；保持 The speaker held on for a full hour. 演讲的人讲了整整一个小时。 How much longer do you think we can hold on? 你认为我们还能坚持多久？ Hold on a minute while I get my breath back. 停一停，让我喘口气。 Id hold on to that house for the time being because house prices are rising sharply at the moment. 目前我不能出让那所房子，此刻房价正在急剧上涨。,(2)不挂断
28、(电话) Could you hold on？Ill just see if the manager is in. 你不要挂断电话好吗？我去看看经理在不在。,【归纳拓展】 hold back阻止 hold out给予，提供；支持；继续 hold to坚持；遵循 hold up延误，耽搁；阻挡 hold on to sth抓住某物；保留某物 hold office当政，执政 hold ones attention/interest吸引某人的注意力/兴趣,【完成句子】 You should _ (保留)your oil shares. In spite of various difficultie
29、s，he _ (始终没放弃)the dream of returning to his homeland. 答案 hold on to held on to,3give way to 给让路；对让步 He gave way at the door and let an old lady go in before him. 他在门口让路，让一位老太太先进去。 We refused to give way to their demands. 我们拒绝对他们的要求让步。,【归纳拓展】 give way to despair陷于绝望 give in 屈服，让步 give out分发；发表；用完，耗尽；
30、放出(光和热等) give up放弃 give off排放(水、气等) give back归还；恢复 give away捐赠；分发(奖品等)；放弃(机会等) give forth发出(气味、声音等)；发表,【比较网站】 give off/give out (1)give out分发，公布，耗尽，发出(气味、热)。 (2)give off发出(液体、气味、蒸汽、光等)。,【单项填空】 The Chinese government has passed a new regulation forbidding supermarkets and stores to_ free plastic bags
31、 to shoppers，in a bid to protect the environment. Agive off Bgive in Cgive up Dgive out,解析 句意：为保护环境，中国政府已通过新规定禁止商场、超市向购物者免费发放塑料袋。give out 分发，耗尽；give off发出(气味、光等)；give in屈服，让步；give up放弃。答案 D,4contribute to 有助于；导致；为做贡献；捐款；投稿He contributed a lot of money to the hospital to help improve its conditions.他
32、给这家医院捐了很多钱来改善它的条件。A proper amount of exercise contributes to good health.适当的运动有助于健康。His carelessness contributed to the accident.他的粗心导致了事故的发生。,【比较网站】 devote/contribute (1)devote 常用于devote oneself/ones life(time；efforts；energy.)to doing sth以及be devoted to结构中，意为“献身于，致力于”；但是contribute不和oneself或ones lif
33、e连用，表示“献身于”时，用contribute to即可。 (2)devote只作及物动词，而contribute还可以用作不及物动词，后接介词to。,【图解助记】,【一言辨异】 Many people contributed money to the poor boy，which contributed to his returning to school.A writer wrote a story about it and contributed it to a newspaper. 许多人给这个可怜的小男孩捐钱，这使他重新回到了校园。一位作家写了一篇关于此事的文章并把它投到了报社。,
34、【单项填空】 Its said that driving after drinking _ thousands of traffic accidents every year. Aresults from Bcontributes to Cdevotes to Dlies in 解析 考查短语辨析。result from因为，由于；contribute to导致；devote to献身于；lie in在于。 答案 B,1I try to think of happier things：warm and dry clothes，a cosy bedroom，sunny days，my mothe
35、rs face and the celebration we will get when we return，for I am part_of a failed expedition that tried to cross the continent of Antarctica，something that had never been done before.我竭力地想着更加高兴的事情：温暖干燥的衣服、一张舒适的床、阳光灿烂的日子、妈妈的面庞和我们回到家时我们将要得到的庆祝，因为我是试图横穿南极大陆这个失败的探险队里的一员，这也是史无前例的壮举。,(1)for连接表示原因的另一个分句，在这个
36、分句中包含两个that引导的定语从句，分别修饰expedition和something。something指to cross the continent of Antarctica这一件事。【比较网站】 for/because/sincefor连接“顺便表示原因的”分句；because是用来回答why提出的问题的，语气最强；since引导原因状语从句时，含有“前提条件、前提原因”的意思。,(2)“中的一员”英语要说成be part of.。part前面不能有冠词a。 Our class is a big family and everyone here is part of this big
37、family. 我们班级是个大家庭，在座的每一个人都是这个家庭中的一员。 (3)something意思是“重要的、了不起的、含糊的概念”等。 At least we didnt lose any money.Thats something. 至少我们没有丢钱，这才是最重要的。,用for，because，since填空 Why didnt you come to my birthday party last weekend?你为什么不来参加我上一个周末的生日聚会？_ I was away on business in Shanghai.因为我出差在上海呢。 Tom didnt come toda
38、y，_ he is ill.汤姆今天没来，因为他生病了。 _ this method doesnt work，lets try another.既然这个方法不行，我们试用另一种吧。 答案 Because for Since,2I believe Shackleton must_have_mourned this unexpected end to his expedition，but he did not waste time on regrets.我相信沙克尔顿肯定会对这次探险意想不到的结局而痛心，但他并没有把时间浪费在遗憾和悔恨中。“must have过去分词”结构表示对过去事件的肯定猜测
39、，意为“一定做了”。,I didnt hear the phone.I must have been asleep. 我刚才没有听到电话，我肯定睡着了。 He must have attended the party last night. 他昨天晚上一定参加了晚会。 It must have rained last night，for the road is all wet. 昨晚一定下过雨，因为道路都是湿的。,【温馨提示】 在含有这种结构的句子的反意疑问句中，如果句中有具体的过去时间，附加疑问部分用“didnt”；如无具体的过去时间，附加疑问部分用hasnt/havent。 The hea
40、dmaster must have gone to bed，for there was no light in his room just a moment ago，didnt he？校长肯定已经睡了，因为刚才他的房间里没有灯光，对吧？ Susan must have told you about it，hasnt she? 苏珊一定已经告诉您了，是吧？,【归纳拓展】 (1)may/might have done表示对已发生的动作或存在的状态进行不肯定的推测，might比may语气弱。这种结构主要用于肯定句和否定句。 He was absent from school.He may have
41、been ill. 他没来上学，可能是病了。 You might have read about it in the papers. 你可能在报上已经看过这个消息了。 They may not have known it before hand. 他们事先可能不知道这事儿。,(2)can/could have done表示对过去某种情况的怀疑或不确定，一般用于否定句和疑问句，could比can语气弱。could have done还可表示过去本来可以做的事而没做。 He cant have taken it home. 他不可能把它带回家了。 He could have overslept a
42、gain. 他(那时)可能又睡过头了。 You were stupid to do such a thing.You could have been killed then. 你做那事真够蠢的。你可能会死掉的。,(3)ought to/should have done“本来应该(与事实相反)”；“应该已经(较大把握的推断)” You shouldnt have laughed at his mistakes. 你本不该嘲笑他的错误。 He ought to have arrived by this time. 这时候他应该已经到了。,【完成句子】 我的词典呢？我记得昨天把它放这儿了。你可能把它
43、放在了别的地方。Where is my dictionary？I remember I put it here yesterday.You _ it in the wrong place. 他一定完成工作了；否则他现在不会在海边玩。He _ his work；otherwise，he wouldnt be enjoying himself by the seaside now.,发生车祸的时候我不可能超过6岁。I _ more than six years old when the accident happened. 答案 might/may have put must have compl
44、eted/ finished couldnt have been,3Calling us calmly together，he made an urgent announcement that we must save only essential supplies before the ship sank，.他镇定地把我们召集起来，紧急宣布在船沉之前必须抢救出基本给养，(1)calling us calmly together是现在分词短语在句中作时间状语，相当于一个时间状语从句after he called.。Not having completed the plan，they have
45、to stay there for another two weeks.由于没完成那项计划，他们只好在那里再呆两个星期。,Having said that she didnt do a good job，I dont think Im abler than her.虽然我说过她的工作做的不好，但是我认为我并不比她更有本事。The manager，having made it clear to us that he didnt agree with us，left the meeting room.这位经理向我们表示他不同意我们的意见后就离开了会议室。,【归纳拓展】 现在分词作状语时，常位于句首
46、或句尾，有时也放在句中，表示时间、伴随、原因、结果、条件、让步以及方式等。 “You cant catch me！” Tom shouted，running away. “你逮不到我！”汤姆大喊着，跑开了。(表伴随) Having suffered from heart trouble for years，Mr.White has to take some medicine with him wherever he goes. 由于多年患有心脏病，怀特先生无论走到哪里都得随身带着药。(表原因) Having failed many times，the girl didnt lose heart
47、. 尽管屡次失败，但这位女孩并没有灰心丧气。(表让步),(2)在该主从复合句中that we must save only essential supplies before the ship sank，particularly the small boats，food，cooking equipment，candles，bedding and clothes为that引导的同位语从句，作announcement的同位语。同位语从句一般跟在某些名词如fact，idea，news，promise，question，suggestion，doubt，possibility，reply，belief，answer，reason，hope，thought等的后面，用以说明或解释前面的名词，引导同位语从句的词有连词that，连接副词how，when，where等。,
